Exploring 2D shapes

We have been recapping on the properties of 2D shapes with lots of activities, including making shapes on geo-boards and working with magnetic tiles.

 

Exploring 3D shape

This week we have been revising 3D shape in maths, naming and talking about properties, we have sorted and classified. We finished the week with a shape quiz in the woodland, naming shapes looking at pictures, naming shapes by reading descriptions of them and working out true and false statements; there was lots of great reasoning about answers going on during this time.

Exploring fabrics

We have started our new Design and technology project by exploring fabrics. Miss Manton lead a game of “pass the fabric” (a bit like pass the parcel with different fabric samples) when the music stopped we had to explore the fabric we had in our hands with our friends sat around us and thought of words to describe that fabric. Later we explored toys made from fabrics and discussed the different fabrics used to make them.

Seed planting and taking cuttings

This week as part of our plants and growth unit of study in science we have been planting seeds and taking cuttings of various herbs (lemon verbena, mint, strawberry mint, apple mint, chocolate mint and lemon balm), we have put them in jars of water and hope to see their roots soon.

Sports day fun

Class 2 had a great afternoon taking part in our annual school sports day. They were great team members and supportive of each other and showed excellent sportsmanship.

Chester Zoo visit

We had a wonderful day on Wednesday at the zoo, we saw lots of different animals; elephants (we were surprised they were covered with hair), meercats, lots and lots of flamingos (we even saw one sitting on an egg), monkeys, bears, anteaters, giraffes, zebras and much more. We will update with more photos next week.

 

The features of a church

We learnt about the features of a Christian Church and did some activities to help us recall them: matching pairs, drawing churches, word searches.

Visit to St Lukes Church Hodnet

As part of our RE unit this term we visited Hodnet Church and explored the features of an Anglican Church, we compared these to the features of a Methodist Church and a Baptist Church.

Plant identification in Forest Schools

We investigated where there were more plants growing – on the field in the open or under the shade of the trees. Each pair of children threw a hoop and made a tally chart of the flowers that were growing in each area. Then we used tree identification charts to name trees in our forest schools space. Children drew the leaves and then made bark rubbings.